1991 in Colombia

Events of 1991 in Colombia

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1991
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Colombia

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  • 1994
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Events of 1991 in Colombia.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing

  • Colombian conflict.
  • Massacre of Trujillo.

January

  • 15 January – The second-highest-ranking member of the Medellín Cartel, Jorge Luis Ochoa, surrenders to authorities.[1]

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

  • 10 December – Alirio Pedraza, an attorney who investigated human rights abuses and had disappeared the year prior, is honored by Human Rights Watch “to commend [his] dedication to justice and to highlight [his] plight” as apart from their annual selection of human rights advocates.[5]

Uncertain

Births

  • 10 September – Andrés Mosquera, footballer.
  • 27 November – Andrés Calle, politician.

Deaths

  • 5 February – José Manuel Rivas Sacconi, politician, former minister of foreign affairs (b. 1917).
  • 22-23 February – Rosalba Camacho, Colombian Communist Party member.[2]
  • 30 April – Enrique Low Murtra, former Justice Minister.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Boudreaux, Richard (21 June 1991). "COLOMBIA : All Eyes in Drug War Now Turn to Courts : But even with Pablo Escobar behind bars, few expect the flow of cocaine to dry up". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Colombia: The killings of Rosalba Camacho and family". Amnesty International. 31 March 1991. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "11. Colombia (1910-present)". University of Central Arkansas (UCA). Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ Farah, Douglas (19 June 1991). "TOP COLOMBIAN TRAFFICKER SURRENDERS". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 - Colombia". Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1 January 1992. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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  • Human Rights Watch World Report 1992: Colombia
  • 1991, el peor año de Medellín [1991, the worst year in Medellín]
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